PSA vs. SGC turnaround update

[ullmandds]

no surprise(s) there.

[vthobby]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

no surprise(s) there.

Ditto!

[vthobby]

I just submitted a LARGE order on June 26th.....that was the day I entered the order online. Sent the cards, they were there over July 4th Holiday and Voila!

Grades Popped today! July 9th. There really is no other company righ now that even remotely compares to SGC.

ID NAME DESCRIPTION GRADE AUTH CODE
1 1980-81 Topps #6 Bird/Erving/Johnson -- 5.5 --
2 1980-81 Topps #6 Bird/Erving/Johnson -- 7 --
3 1987-88 Fleer #59 Michael Jordan -- 6.5 --
4 1987-88 Fleer #59 Michael Jordan -- 8 --
5 1988-89 Fleer #17 Michael Jordan -- 9 --
6 1990 Kenner Starting Lineup MICHAEL JORDAN Brown 9 --
7 1988-89 Fleer #120 Michael Jordan All-Star 9 --
8 1986-87 Fleer #57 Michael Jordan -- 6.5 --
9 1986-87 Fleer Sticker #8 Michael Jordan -- 5 --
10 1987-88 Fleer Sticker #2 Michael Jordan -- 7.5 --
11 1986-87 Fleer #26 Clyde Drexler -- 9 --
12 1986-87 Fleer #82 Akeem Olajuwon -- 8.5 --
13 2009-10 Upper Deck First Ed. #196 STEPHEN CURRY Gold 9.5 -- $30
14 1996-97 Fleer Metal #181 Kobe Bryant -- 9.5 --
15 2020-21 Panini Prizm #278 Lamelo Ball Silver Prizm 8.5 --
16 1967 O-Pee-Chee #150 Mickey Mantle -- 2 --
17 1969 Topps #500 MICKEY MANTLE -- 4.5 --
18 1961 Topps #211 Bob Gibson -- 7.5 --
19 1961 Topps #344 Sandy Koufax -- 5.5 --
20 1961 Topps #35 Ron Santo -- 7 --
21 1961 Topps #484 Hank Aaron MVP 8 --
22 1959 Topps #478 Bob Clemente -- 4 --
23 1970 Topps #189 Thurman Munson -- 5.5 --
24 1970 O-Pee-Chee #189 Thurman Munson -- 3 --
25 1973 Topps Candy Lids THURMAN MUNSON -- 4 --
26 1973 Topps #615 Mike Schmidt -- 4.5 -- $30
27 1989 Upper Deck #1 Ken Griffey Jr. -- 8 --
28 2001 Topps Traded T247 Albert Pujols -- 9 --
29 2019 Topps #410 FERNANDO TATIS JR. -- 9.5 --
30 2000 Bowman #236 Tom Brady -- 9 --
31 2000 Skybox Impact #27 Tom Brady -- 9 --
32 2020 Topps Chrome F1 #1 Lewis Hamilton -- 9.5 --

Mike

[bobbyw8469]

I have no problem with SGC. I want to use them so bad. I have a hard time justifying $30 per card. I also am dismayed that they don't bring the money PSA does. I want to see how PSA handles my missing order.

[vthobby]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

I have no problem with SGC. I want to use them so bad. I have a hard time justifying $30 per card. I also am dismayed that they don't bring the money PSA does. I want to see how PSA handles my missing order.

Yeah, missing cards are not good! Good luck Bobby, hope they come through!

Mike

[YankeeHotelFoxtrot]

Last PSA submission turnaround time: 1 year 1 month.

Last 4 SGC submissions at $26 per card (not 30): Never longer than 3 weeks shipped back to me in total time.

[BuzzD]

Bobby, what order is missing?

[Natedog]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

I have no problem with SGC. I want to use them so bad. I have a hard time justifying $30 per card. I also am dismayed that they don't bring the money PSA does. I want to see how PSA handles my missing order.

I guess it depends on the card. If you have a few mid to higher end (>$500) pre-war cards, it could be worth the $30 per card. The ROI between SGC and PSA might not be that big of a difference in that case. Now, if you're talking more modern stuff, it doesn't make sense IMO.

[Oscar_Stanage]

We go back and forth on all these grading companies, pros cons etc. I won’t rehash it here again

What I will say is that cannot comprehend how someone can send cards away and wait 10 months. How is that enjoyable? I think PSA adherents are just cut from a different cloth. I regularly crack ‘valuable’ PSA cards and send to SGC and probably have cut $1000 in theoretical value off of each of a dozen cards by doing it. I like collecting sets in uniform slabs and could not care less if some flipper would pay less for my EX-PSA 5 McGraw Tolstoy is now an SGC 4 in a tuxedo. I’m not selling it to you anyway

[Mike D.]

Originally Posted by Wid_Conroy

I like collecting sets in uniform slabs and could not care less if some flipper would pay less for my EX-PSA 5 McGraw Tolstoy is now an SGC 4 in a tuxedo. I’m not selling it to you anyway

Uniformity (and a dislike for many brands slabs/labels) is what’s keeping me from branching out. I have 647 PSA graded card…and one Beckett. If I start adding SGC I may go nuts.